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Category: Endangered Species Act

Unlike politics, property rights provide a firm foundation for conservation

In July, 2017, employees from the National Butterfly Center—a 100-acre butterfly preserve in South Texas owned and operated by a … More

border wall, conservation, Constitution, due process, Endangered Species Act, free market environmentalism, libertarian environmentalism, National Butterfly Center, NEPA, Property Rights

Mired in red tape: Pipeline case could upend Clean Water Act permitting

The federal Clean Water Act is a notoriously complex statute, imposing federal permitting on a wide variety of land uses, … More

Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, free market environmentalism, nationwide permits, Property Rights, regulation, Supreme Court

Conserving habitat requires better incentives, not more regulatory mandates

Loss of habitat is one of the chief threats to endangered and threatened species. Consequently, the Endangered Species Act provides … More

Critical Habitat, endangered species, Endangered Species Act, ESA, ESA reform, free market environmentalism, habitat, habitat conservation, libertarian environmentalism, Modernize the Endangered Species Act

Recovering endangered wolves means addressing impacts on communities and landowners

In 1976, the last wild Mexican wolves were captured and put into a captive breeding program. Over the last half-century, … More

endangered species, Endangered Species Act, ESA reform, experimental populations, free market environmentalism, libertarian environmentalism, Mexican gray wolf, Mexican gray wolves, Mexican wolf, Mexican wolves

Government lawyer in grizzly hearing: “I can almost guarantee” we’ll be here again.

After decades of work by federal biologists, state wildlife agencies, landowners, and conservation groups, the grizzly bears in and around … More

endangered species, Endangered Species Act, Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem grizzly, grizzly, threatened species, Yellowstone

Endangered species bear the costs of bad incentives

The Endangered Species Act imposes significant regulatory burdens on anyone who owns land where endangered and threatened species or their … More

endangered species, Endangered Species Act, ESA, ESA reform, free market environmentalism, libertarian environmentalism, species recovery

Should every cat owner, car owner, and home owner be a potential criminal?

Billions of birds are killed every year in the United States, many of which are protected by the Migratory Bird … More

airbnb for birds, birds, Endangered Species Act, free market environmentalism, libertarian environmentalism, Migratory Bird Treaty Act, migratory birds, overcriminalization

Will sea otters soon be returned to San Francisco bay?

California sea otters have come a long way from the 50-member population discovered off Big Sur in the early 1900s, … More

california, california sea otter, conservation, endangered species, Endangered Species Act, free market environmentalism, libertarian environmentalism, sea otter, southern sea otter, trade-offs, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Should FEMA act as a national zoning board or use market incentives to reduce disaster risk?

Last week, a nominee to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency generated fireworks when, during his confirmation hearing, he said … More

climate, climate change, FEMA, flood insurance, flooding, free market environmentalism, libertarian environmentalism, national flood insurance

Can cities contribute more to conservation?

Often, conservation discussions focus on rural and undeveloped areas. When cities come up, it’s largely in the context of reducing … More

Endangered Species Act, free market environmentalism, habitat, libertarian environmentalism, monarch, Property Rights

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